Sunday 8 January 1989

It was Sunday, under the sign of Capricorn (see planets position on January 8, 1989). The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Mariana Vicente and Aaron Cruden.
In that special week of January people in US were listening to Every Rose Has Its Thorn by Poison.
In UK Especially For You by Kylie & Jason was in the top 5 hits.
Winter People, directed by Ted Kotcheff, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1989
while Seven Stories Of Christmas Love by Leo Buscaglia was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Dirty Dancing.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Fire Hawk: Thexder - The Second Contact or Ghouls 'n Ghosts.
But much more happened that day: find out below..

Books

This holiday classic contains personal stories based on Christmas memories. Five of the stories appeared originally in Woman's Day magazine, which initiated a tradition of printing an annual Buscaglia Christmas story

Against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution and World War I Europe, Zoya, young cousin to the Tsar, flees St. Petersburg to Paris to find safety. Her entire world forever changed, she faces hard times and joins the Ballet Russe ...

Stephen Hawking has earned a reputation as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein. In this landmark volume, Professor Hawking shares his blazing intellect with nonscientists everywhere, guiding us expertly to